Method of preparing non-aqueous mixtures and product thereof.



v UNITED srnTEsPATE T OFFICE.

EDWARD uuODRluli AUhl-Ib'UN, 0F STAMFORD TOWNsHlP, WELLAND COUNTY, ONTARiO,

CANADA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed October 28, 1907. Serial No. 399,486.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD GooDRIon Acunsorz, a citizen of the United States, residin at Stamford township, in the county of We land, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Imprlivements in Methods of PreparingNon- Aqueous Mixtures and Products Thereof, of which the following is a specification.

In my prior patent, No. 843,426, granted February 5, 1907, I have described and claimed a method of disintegrating and deflocculating amorphous bodies by incorporating with them a solution having effects thereon like those due to tannin. The method of deflocculation is usually practiced by incorporating with the amorphous body an aqueous solution containing tannin or equivalent reagent, and the resultin deflocculated material is so finely subdivi ed as to be capable of remaining in suspension for an indefinite period, and of passing through the finest filter paper. For man applications it is desirable to effect a trans er of an amorphous body which has undergone defloccuatlon in an aqueous solution or medium, to a non-aqueous medium, and more particularly such as are immiscible with Water. My resent invention relates to the method of e ecting such transfer, and to the preparation of non-aqueous mixtures, such as pastes, sus ensions or the like.

or a full understanding of my invention I will refer as one s ecific instance thereof to the preparation of a lubricant by deflocculating graphite in resence of an aqueous solution of tannin, ga lotannic acid or equivalent reagent, and subsequently transferring the deflocculated gra bite to a non-aqueous medium, as oil. he defiocculation of graphite may be accomplished in the manner described in my prior patent, No. 844,989, granted February 19, 1907, by adding to an unctuous graLphite a solution of tannin, gallotannic sci or equivalent reagent, the deflocculating or modifying agent being added to the graphite in proportion to form a suitable paste, and worked or agitated therewith. Or a paste in an aqueous medium may be otherwise prepared, as by collecting graphite defloccu ated in presence of a relatively large pro ortion of an aqueous solution by filtering t e same through suitable filtering media as described in my Patent No. 895,063, granted Au ust 4, 1908.

In effecting a transfer of the efiocculated graphite from the aqueous medium to a nonaqueous medium it IS essential that no desiccation or dr ing of the graphite as byv application of cat should intervene, as such desiccation or drying would result in the flocculation of the graphite. The transfer ma be effected by the application of a vehic e miscible both with water and with oil, as described and claimed in my co-pending application, Ser. No. 377,561, filed June 6, 1907; or it may be effected by directly displacing all or substantially all of the water by means of oil.

In roc'eeding according to the last mentione method the paste containing an aqueous medium is worked or macerated for a considerable time in the presence of oil, the working being effected by suitable mechanical devices, when it will be found that the Water or aqueous solution or medium has been displaced by the oil and may be poured oflfrom the oil-paste or otherwise se arated from it. The Oll may be added in ulk or at intervals during the continuance of the Workin the latter method being deemed preferable in most cases. The Working or maceration should continue until a substantially complete displacement of the aqueous medium has been secured. As a rule the separation or displacement of the aqueous medium will be found to occur quite suddenly after a more or less prolonged treatment according to the conditions of the operation. The time of treatment may be somewhat shortened by adding to the mix ture undergoing working a pro ortion of a previously formed oil-paste. t the comletion of the operation the paste will be ound to consist sulstantiallypf graphite and oil, and to be substantially free from Water, and if a suitable proportion of the paste be added to further uantities of oil or of other non-aqueous me ia miscible with oil, the raphite will be found to diffuse readily t ierethrough and to remain in suspension therein.

While I have described as a specific example of my invention the transfer of graphite'in'its deflocculated state from an aqueousilnediu'm;to oil, iI desire it to be understood that the method is applicable generally to amorphous bodies for transferring the same from an aqueous medium to any non-aqueous mpdium. Thus I have prepared inks, paints and the like by transferring lamp lack or other amorphous pi ments, previously deflocculated in presence 0 water, to a suitable non-aqueous vehicle or medium, as linseed oil, suitable varnishes and the like, the method of procedure being substantially as described above for the treatment of graphite.

I claim:

1. The method of prepar' non-aqueous mixtures, which consists in d: occulating an amorphous body-in presence of water, and then replacing the water by a non-aqueous medium. i

2. The method of preparin non-aqueous mixtures, which consists in de occulatmg an amorphous body and reparin a paste containing such defioccu ated body and Water, and then workin said paste in presence of a non-a ueous me 'um to displace water.

3. e method of preparing non-aqueous mixtures, which consists 1n preparing a paste containing a deflocculated amorphous body,

water, and a deflocculating agent, and then working 'said paste in presence of a nonaqueous medium to disp ace water.

4. The method of pretpariu non-aqueous mixtures containing dc occu ated graphite which consists in deflocculating graphite in presence of water, and then replacing the water by a non-aqueous medium.

5. The method of preparing an oil-paste containing deflocculated graphite, which consists in preparing a paste containing deflocculated graphite and water and then displacing the water from said paste by oil.

6. A new article of manufacture, a sub stantially water-free paste or mixture consisting essentially of a deflocculated amorphous body and a non-aqueous medium.

7. A new article of manufacture, a substantially water-free paste or mixture consisting essentially of deflocculated graphite and oil.

In testimony ,Whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD GOODKICH AGHESON.

Witnesses:

PETER-P. APLY, F. A. Sonrmaonnn. 

